Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Community Post #7: Lets keep it clean guys.

The earth is decaying, and we are
responsible to its deterioration. Although there have been strives for creating
a cleaner healthier earth, we are still polluting. This planet is our home and
there other earth-like planets out there; however, the reality is that they are
light years away. Humanity simply does not have the technology for us to reach
those other planets. Mother-nature has provided a home to us live on, and it is
our responsibility to take care of it.

As a whole, we go through a tremendous
amount of resources. According to news article written by The
Independentthe average American has an ecological foot print of
seven-teen football fields. Here is a link to a quiz to tell you how many
earths it would take to support your life style. http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/
I received a score of 4.2 earths, not as bad as the average American, but I can
do better and so can we all. The earth has become limited on the amount of
resources it can produce. If we do not ration, or work towards creating a
greener society, it will not be too long before we are fighting for resources.
Let us take a look at the great lakes of Michigan. With fresh water slowly
being depleted many other states are looking for a way to get Michigan’s fresh water.

While our resources are becoming less abundant,
I noticed while walking around town that people are littering, and being
wasteful to our environment. I know it is easier to rid ourselves of trash by
simply tossing it, but multiple retailers such as: Target and Best Buy make it
very continent for disposing our useless plastics and electronics. Some people
see this as harmless, but it certainly affects other beings around them like
plants and animals. Polluting our oceans with harmful chemicals and plastics
affects the aquatic animals; many of which are getting trapped in netting, six-pack
plastic rings, and various other materials. This throws the circle of life off
and causes animals to be at greater risk of extinction.

We too are affected by pollution.
According to an article written by Greg
Langley air pollution is the number one killer of the environment. On
average air pollution causes 3.5 million premature deaths worldwide each year. Most
of this is caused though transportation. It is possible to lower this number
simply by using public transport. It may not solve the problem completely, but
it will begin to help. If we continue with the use of personal transport this
number will only rise, and more premature deaths will occur.

Even though one slip of paper lying on the ground does not
do much, it adds up fast; and it hurts life as a whole. It may take a while,
but together, we can help save this planet and all the life forms here on
earth!